How to identify a Super B eetle!
We get questions about Super B eetles on a daily basis, so here is a section of some common myths about Super B eetles, the truth about them, easy ways to tell if you have a Super B eetle, and some specific Super B eetle questions too!
Please note: VW did make some oddball models in various factories around the world that almost seem to exist only to create confusion. Usually these models were just built to use up excess inventories or to fill some model need within that specific country the cheapest way possible. So as a result strange models like standard Beetles with Super Beetle curved windshields and non-strut front suspensions do exist but they were ...

2013 Volkswagen Beetle TDI Convertible First Drive
Despite the seemingly endless combinations of drivetrains, body styles, and features, there are still a few cars in the U.S. market that are unique in their makeup—and we’re not talking about the Tesla Model S here.
The 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible is the only convertible available in the U.S. with a diesel engine—and better yet, at least when viewed with the right kind of eyes, it’s available with a manual transmission.
The combination of these three features (convertible, diesel, manual) come together in a completely unexpected way.
In fact, the new Beetle Convertible TDI may be the most Beetle-y Beetle of ...

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Blake had an active childhood racing dirt bikes but a debilitating lung disease, cystic fibrosis, has slowed him down at the young age of 25. Yet you could always find Blake working on his 1965 Volkswagen Beetle whenever he could. However, lately the transformation had been moving at a slower pace, but Blake never gave up even though he is facing a serious health issue. Blake needs a lung transplant and is currently breathing with the help of an oxygen tank. We wanted to help Blake speed up the build process and construct the custom street racer he had been so diligently working on.
Since Blake had always dreamed of working with Chip and the A-team, Chris and Jessi surprised ...

2008 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible Touch Up Paint
On this page you will find the information needed to buy the right paint product(s) to touch up your 2008 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible.
Step 1: Get the Color Code for Your 2008 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible
Every Volkswagen comes with a color code that matches the year and model of the vehicle. This is a unique code to Volkswagen.
This is not a situation where you can presume your New Beetle Convertible is black, silver, white, etc. and find some black, silver, or white paint. You do not want to risk touching up your paint with a close color. It needs to be the exact color. Volkswagen and other car manufacturers publish a specific ...

By Megan McCourt — Mass … Ted Bundy’s car, a Volkswagen Beetle in which he likely … 11 women, is on display at Washington’s National Museum of Crime Punishment through May.
Washington, D.C. — infoZine — Scripps Howard Foundation Wire — Usually, Volkswagen Beetles are happy cars, throwbacks to the days of peace and love.
This Bug is not one of those.
It’s a grisly reminder of terrible acts committed, acts that stuck fear into the hearts of young women in the 1970s, especially those with long, dark hair parted down the middle.
At least 11 women rode and died in the dilapidated tan Beetle at the hands of Ted Bundy — one of America’s ...

2007 Beetle headlight replacement – they could make this more difficult if they tried.
Recently the left low beam bulb burned out in our car, a 2007 New Beetle. Since this is the Daytime Running Light, too, this is pretty obvious during the day (a bit less so at night.) Due VW’s design for that model, it’s less so at night. My first step was to consult the owner’s manual to find a) what bulb type to get, and b) how to replace it.
The first was a … end; it advised that I carry replacement bulbs in the car but didn’t tell me what type. Fortunately, the guide at the auto parts store did (H7 – I didn’t know those existed, having dealt with 9xxx models for years in cars and ...

The first Volkswagen Beetle in America looked like this
In 1949, Volkswagen sold two cars in America. In 2014, it sold 407,704. Photo by Volkswagen.
Ben Pon was the first Volkswagen importer, launching his operation in Rotterdam. Photo by Volkswagen.
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On Jan. 17, 1949, the Holland America Line Westerdam pulled into New York Harbor from Rotterdam carrying the seed of an automotive empire. It had been only four years since Volkswagen resurrected operations in Wolfsburg, the factory heavily ruined by Allied forces and now under the command of Major Ivan Hirst. The Wolfsburg plant itself was nearly dismantled under war reparations ...

By Andrew Bornhop March 1, 2003 / Photos by Jay K. McNally
Surprised that VW is building a convertible New Beetle? You shouldn’t be. After all, the German company has built more than a million Beetle and Golf convertibles since 1949. And when the original yellow Concept 1 was first shown at the Detroit show in 1994, a red ragtop version was dutifully by its side. Why, then, has it taken so long to bring the New Beetle Convertible to market?
Well, Volkswagen says it needed time to make sure the car was done properly, with the requisite structural enhancements and the integration of a Karmann-designed top that keeps the car’s characteristic rounded roofline intact. It’s also ...

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible TDI
When I got into the Beetle Convertible TDI for the first time I was sitting next to a Volkswagen representative. I thought to myself, “oh won’t this be cute.”
I planned to smile a bit and “ooh” and “ahh” over the Beetle through my teeth. To my surprise, though, I found myself really liking the little German convertible as I pulled out of the parking lot and accelerated down the street.
It was raining the morning of my first drive. And on that cold, dreary January Oregon morning – to the chagrin of my Los Angeles-based co-pilot – I insisted that we drop the ragtop and give the Beetle the beans. With the heat on full and the seat heaters ...